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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa163.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Here-s-why-Twitter-won-t-delete-President-15851320.php\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Here-s-why-Twitter-won-t-delete-President-15851320.php\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Here-s-why-Twitter-won-t-delete-President-15851320.php","crawl_time":1776264558,"first_indexed_time":1609975309,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,sfchronicle!www,\/bayarea\/article\/Here-s-why-Twitter-won-t-delete-President-15851320.php s443","src_root_hash":"14097438092688553363","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Twitter locked Trump’s account. But here’s why it hasn’t deleted it","meta_descriptions":["Twitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account. Here’s how the social media company applies its policies to world..."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday.\nMandel Ngan \/ AFP \/ Getty Images\nUpdate:\nTwitter\nannounced Friday\nthat it had permanently suspended President Trump’s account after a close review of his tweets and how they have been interpreted. The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”\nTwitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term.\n“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team\nsaid in a tweet\n.\nArticle continues below this ad\nTwitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.”\nOne of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters.\nSan Francisco Chronicle Logo\nMake us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.\nAdd Preferred Source\nAnd a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home.\nArticle continues below this ad\nTwitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,”\ntweeted Guy Rosen\n, Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.”\nBut the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why.\nSupporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.\nEvan Vucci \/ Associated Press\nThe issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump\naddressed a rally\non the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.\nTwitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse.\nArticle continues below this ad\nIn his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared.\nHe tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account.\nShortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.”\nTwitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.”\nTrump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable.\nArticle continues below this ad\nBut angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol.\n“You are a private company, not a government entity,”\none Twitter user wrote\n. “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.”\nLet me say in no uncertain terms\n@jack\n@vijaya\n@kayvz\n: If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now.\n— Kara Swisher (@karaswisher)\nJanuary 6, 2021\nAnd Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition?\n— roxane gay (@rgay)\nJanuary 6, 2021\nTwitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has\ntweeted fraudulent or misleading claims\nabout the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth.\nArticle continues below this ad\nBut the company’s\nWorld Leaders Policy\n, published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states.\nChaos in D.C.\nTwitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.”\nTwitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.”\nAnnie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email:\navainshtein@sfchronicle.com\nTwitter:\n@annievain\nJan 6, 2021\n|\nUpdated\nJan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m.\nReporter\nAnnie is a reporter for the Chronicle who focuses on breaking news, crime and human-interest stories. She previously was a breaking news reporter and producer for the Chronicle’s Datebook section. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2017 with a degree in journalism. During her time there, she spearheaded a culture column, produced radio pieces for NPR-affiliate station KCBX, and was a DJ and writer for KCPR, the campus radio station. Before joining the Chronicle, she was an associate producer at SFGATE and interned at VICE and Flood Magazine.","attrs_markdown":"San Francisco Chronicle Logo\n\nHearst Newspapers Logo\n\n[Skip to main content](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/Here-s-why-Twitter-won-t-delete-President-15851320.php#content)\n\n[Subscribe](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/hamburgerbutton)\n\n[Bay Area](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/)\n\n- [San Francisco](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sf\/)\n- [Transit](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/transit\/)\n- [Crime](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/crime\/)\n- [Drug Crisis](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opioid-epidemic\/)\n- [Golden Gate Park](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/goldengatepark\/)\n- [COVID-19](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/health\/coronavirus\/)\n- [Health](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/health\/)\n- [Data Spotlight](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/data\/)\n- [PG\\&E](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/pge\/)\n- [Season of 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But here’s why it hasn’t deleted it\nBy [Annie Vainshtein](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/author\/annie-vainshtein\/), Reporter\n\nUpdated\n\nJan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m.\n\n![US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday.]()\n\nUS President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday.\n\nMandel Ngan \/ AFP \/ Getty Images\n\n![President Trump encouraged protests Wednesday as Congress met to certify the Electoral College’s votes.]()\n\nPresident Trump encouraged protests Wednesday as Congress met to certify the Electoral College’s votes.\n\nJacquelyn Martin\/Associated Press\n\n![Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Trump Wednesday.]()\n\nPro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Trump Wednesday.\n\nSamuel Corum \/ Getty Images)\n\n***Update:*** [Twitter](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) [announced Friday](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) *that it had permanently suspended President Trump’s account after a close review of his tweets and how they have been interpreted. The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”*\n\nTwitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term.\n\n“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team [said in a tweet](https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1346970430062485505?s=20).\n\nAdvertisement\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nTwitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.”\n\nOne of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters.\n\nSan Francisco Chronicle Logo\n\n### See more S.F. Chronicle on Google\nMake us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.\n\n[Add Preferred Source](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=sfchronicle.com)\n\nAnd a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nTwitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,” [tweeted Guy Rosen](https:\/\/twitter.com\/guyro\/status\/1346950532372393985?s=20), Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.”\n\nBut the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why.\n\n![Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.]()\n\nSupporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.\n\nEvan Vucci \/ Associated Press\n\nThe issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump [addressed a rally](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-01-06\/ill-never-concede-trump-delivers-last-grievanced-gasps-to-supporters-as-congress-begins-to-ratify-his-defeat) on the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.\n\nTwitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nIn his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared.\n\nHe tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account.\n\nShortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.”\n\nTwitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.”\n\nTrump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nBut angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol.\n\n“You are a private company, not a government entity,” [one Twitter user wrote](https:\/\/twitter.com\/pfhmarsden\/status\/1346928206117560320). “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.”\n\n> Let me say in no uncertain terms [@jack](https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@vijaya](https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@kayvz](https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayvz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now.\n> \n> — Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) [January 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1346909496598167555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\n> And Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition?\n> \n> — roxane gay (@rgay) [January 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgay\/status\/1346910927111684096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\nTwitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has [tweeted fraudulent or misleading claims](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/politics\/trump-claims-database\/) about the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth.\n\nAdvertisement\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nBut the company’s [World Leaders Policy](https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2019\/worldleaders2019.html), published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states.\n\nChaos in D.C.\n\n[Live updates: Trump concedes, says new administration will be sworn in](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php)\n\n[In the closest he’s come to conceding the presidential election to Joe Biden, President Trump posted a video on Twitter Thursday in which he said “a new administration will be inaugurated Jan....](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php)\n\n[![In this May 9, 2019, file photo, state Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, of Bakersfield, talks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Grove, who drew criticism after she promoted a conspiracy theory that Antifa activists attacked the U.S. Capitol, will be replaced as the Republican leader in the California Senate.]()](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php)\n\n[California Republicans’ choice: Respect election results or honor Trump](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php)\n\n[Wednesday’s congressional vote to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory is putting California Republicans in a no-win position. Either they’re with President Trump —...](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php)\n\n[![WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: Representative Tom McClintock, a Republican from California, listens to debate during a House Judiciary Committee hearing December 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and]()](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php)\n\nTwitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.”\n\nTwitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.”\n\nAnnie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [avainshtein@sfchronicle.com](mailto:avainshtein@sfchronicle.com) Twitter: [@annievain](https:\/\/twitter.com\/annievain)\n\nJan 6, 2021\n\n\\|Updated\n\nJan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m.\n\n![Photo of Annie Vainshtein]()\n\n[Annie Vainshtein](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/author\/annie-vainshtein\/)\n\nReporter\n\nAnnie is a reporter for the Chronicle who focuses on breaking news, crime and human-interest stories. 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White House on Wednesday.]()\n\nUS President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday.\n\nMandel Ngan \/ AFP \/ Getty Images\n\n***Update:*** [Twitter](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) [announced Friday](https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/business\/article\/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) *that it had permanently suspended President Trump’s account after a close review of his tweets and how they have been interpreted. The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.”*\n\nTwitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term.\n\n“As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team [said in a tweet](https:\/\/twitter.com\/TwitterSafety\/status\/1346970430062485505?s=20).\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nTwitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.”\n\nOne of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters.\n\nSan Francisco Chronicle Logo\n\nMake us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search.\n\n[Add Preferred Source](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=sfchronicle.com)\n\nAnd a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home.\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nTwitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,” [tweeted Guy Rosen](https:\/\/twitter.com\/guyro\/status\/1346950532372393985?s=20), Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.”\n\nBut the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why.\n\n![Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.]()\n\nSupporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.\n\nEvan Vucci \/ Associated Press\n\nThe issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump [addressed a rally](https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-01-06\/ill-never-concede-trump-delivers-last-grievanced-gasps-to-supporters-as-congress-begins-to-ratify-his-defeat) on the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.\n\nTwitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse.\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nIn his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared.\n\nHe tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account.\n\nShortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.”\n\nTwitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.”\n\nTrump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable.\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nBut angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol.\n\n“You are a private company, not a government entity,” [one Twitter user wrote](https:\/\/twitter.com\/pfhmarsden\/status\/1346928206117560320). “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.”\n\n> Let me say in no uncertain terms [@jack](https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@vijaya](https:\/\/twitter.com\/vijaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@kayvz](https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayvz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now.\n> \n> — Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) [January 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/karaswisher\/status\/1346909496598167555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\n> And Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition?\n> \n> — roxane gay (@rgay) [January 6, 2021](https:\/\/twitter.com\/rgay\/status\/1346910927111684096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\nTwitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has [tweeted fraudulent or misleading claims](https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/graphics\/politics\/trump-claims-database\/) about the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth.\n\nArticle continues below this ad\n\nBut the company’s [World Leaders Policy](https:\/\/blog.twitter.com\/en_us\/topics\/company\/2019\/worldleaders2019.html), published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states.\n\nChaos in D.C.\n\nTwitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.”\n\nTwitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.”\n\nAnnie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. 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Boilerpipe Text	US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images Update: Twitter announced Friday that it had permanently suspended President Trump’s account after a close review of his tweets and how they have been interpreted. The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” Twitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term. “As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team said in a tweet . Article continues below this ad Twitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.” One of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters. San Francisco Chronicle Logo Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search. Add Preferred Source And a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home. Article continues below this ad Twitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,” tweeted Guy Rosen , Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.” But the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why. Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday. Evan Vucci / Associated Press The issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump addressed a rally on the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Twitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse. Article continues below this ad In his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared. He tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account. Shortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.” Twitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” Trump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable. Article continues below this ad But angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol. “You are a private company, not a government entity,” one Twitter user wrote . “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.” Let me say in no uncertain terms @jack @vijaya @kayvz : If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now. — Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) January 6, 2021 And Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition? — roxane gay (@rgay) January 6, 2021 Twitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has tweeted fraudulent or misleading claims about the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth. Article continues below this ad But the company’s World Leaders Policy , published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states. Chaos in D.C. Twitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.” Twitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.” Annie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: avainshtein@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @annievain Jan 6, 2021 \| Updated Jan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m. Reporter Annie is a reporter for the Chronicle who focuses on breaking news, crime and human-interest stories. She previously was a breaking news reporter and producer for the Chronicle’s Datebook section. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2017 with a degree in journalism. During her time there, she spearheaded a culture column, produced radio pieces for NPR-affiliate station KCBX, and was a DJ and writer for KCPR, the campus radio station. 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But here’s why it hasn’t deleted it By [Annie Vainshtein](https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/annie-vainshtein/), Reporter Updated Jan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m. ![US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday.]() US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from the Ellipse near the White House on Wednesday. Mandel Ngan / AFP / Getty Images ![President Trump encouraged protests Wednesday as Congress met to certify the Electoral College’s votes.]() President Trump encouraged protests Wednesday as Congress met to certify the Electoral College’s votes. Jacquelyn Martin/Associated Press ![Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Trump Wednesday.]() Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Trump Wednesday. Samuel Corum / Getty Images) *Update:* [Twitter](https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) [announced Friday](https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Twitter-permanently-suspends-Trump-over-risk-15856974.php) that it had permanently suspended President Trump’s account after a close review of his tweets and how they have been interpreted. The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” Twitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term. “As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team [said in a tweet](https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1346970430062485505?s=20). Advertisement Article continues below this ad Twitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.” One of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters. San Francisco Chronicle Logo ### See more S.F. Chronicle on Google Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search. [Add Preferred Source](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=sfchronicle.com) And a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home. Advertisement Article continues below this ad Twitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,” [tweeted Guy Rosen](https://twitter.com/guyro/status/1346950532372393985?s=20), Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.” But the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why. ![Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.]() Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday. Evan Vucci / Associated Press The issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump [addressed a rally](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-06/ill-never-concede-trump-delivers-last-grievanced-gasps-to-supporters-as-congress-begins-to-ratify-his-defeat) on the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Twitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse. Advertisement Article continues below this ad In his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared. He tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account. Shortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.” Twitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” Trump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable. Advertisement Article continues below this ad But angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol. “You are a private company, not a government entity,” [one Twitter user wrote](https://twitter.com/pfhmarsden/status/1346928206117560320). “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.” > Let me say in no uncertain terms [@jack](https://twitter.com/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@vijaya](https://twitter.com/vijaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@kayvz](https://twitter.com/kayvz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now. > > — Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) [January 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1346909496598167555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > And Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition? > > — roxane gay (@rgay) [January 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1346910927111684096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Twitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has [tweeted fraudulent or misleading claims](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/) about the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth. Advertisement Article continues below this ad But the company’s [World Leaders Policy](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/worldleaders2019.html), published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states. Chaos in D.C. [Live updates: Trump concedes, says new administration will be sworn in](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php) [In the closest he’s come to conceding the presidential election to Joe Biden, President Trump posted a video on Twitter Thursday in which he said “a new administration will be inaugurated Jan....](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php) [![In this May 9, 2019, file photo, state Senate Republican Leader Shannon Grove, of Bakersfield, talks with reporters at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Grove, who drew criticism after she promoted a conspiracy theory that Antifa activists attacked the U.S. Capitol, will be replaced as the Republican leader in the California Senate.]()](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Live-news-Biden-Harris-Inauguration-Capitol-15850771.php) [California Republicans’ choice: Respect election results or honor Trump](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php) [Wednesday’s congressional vote to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory is putting California Republicans in a no-win position. Either they’re with President Trump —...](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php) [![WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: Representative Tom McClintock, a Republican from California, listens to debate during a House Judiciary Committee hearing December 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. The articles of impeachment charge Trump with abuse of power and]()](https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-Republicans-choice-Respect-15848967.php) Twitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.” Twitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.” Annie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [avainshtein@sfchronicle.com](mailto:avainshtein@sfchronicle.com) Twitter: [@annievain](https://twitter.com/annievain) Jan 6, 2021 \\|Updated Jan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m. ![Photo of Annie Vainshtein]() [Annie Vainshtein](https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/annie-vainshtein/) Reporter Annie is a reporter for the Chronicle who focuses on breaking news, crime and human-interest stories. 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The company said the account will be suspended indefinitely “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” Twitter took the unprecedented step Wednesday of yanking three of President Trump’s tweets and temporarily locking his account, after he gave a speech and inflamed a mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in a bid to install him in a second term. “As a result of the unprecedented and ongoing violent situation in Washington, D.C., we have required the removal of three @realDonaldTrump Tweets that were posted earlier today for repeated and severe violations of our Civic Integrity policy,” Twitter’s safety-enforcement team [said in a tweet](https://twitter.com/TwitterSafety/status/1346970430062485505?s=20). Article continues below this ad Twitter made the tweets unavailable. The company said if Trump removed them, the account would be locked for 12 hours, and if he didn’t, the account would “remain locked.” One of the tweets called Vice President Mike Pence a coward for not helping Trump illegally reverse his election loss. Another praised the Capitol rioters. San Francisco Chronicle Logo Make us a Preferred Source to get more of our news when you search. [Add Preferred Source](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=sfchronicle.com) And a third was a video message in which Trump falsely claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent before telling rioters to go home. Article continues below this ad Twitter had followed Facebook’s lead in removing a similar video. “This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump’s video,” [tweeted Guy Rosen](https://twitter.com/guyro/status/1346950532372393985?s=20), Facebook’s vice president of integrity. “We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.” But the president’s Twitter account was not deleted, a step Twitter takes in some cases, and some on the social media service were asking why. ![Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday.]() Supporters listen as President Trump speaks during a rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president Wednesday. Evan Vucci / Associated Press The issue is not new. Twitter has a policy against tweets that incite violence that it does not apply to all users. But it flared again during the extraordinary events Wednesday after Trump [addressed a rally](https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-01-06/ill-never-concede-trump-delivers-last-grievanced-gasps-to-supporters-as-congress-begins-to-ratify-his-defeat) on the National Mall aimed at protesting the presidential election results shortly before Congress convened to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Twitter specifically exempts the leaders of countries from its anti-violence policy. Company leaders have argued that the World Leaders Policy allows people to see what important political figures say, and that censoring them would take away from political discourse. Article continues below this ad In his speech Wednesday, Trump increased his pressure on Pence to illegally throw the election to him, and lambasted the electoral process, both political parties and the media. “We will never concede,” Trump declared. He tweeted a video of his appearance at the “Save America March.” In his speech, he complained about Twitter’s policies: “Every time I put out a tweet, even if it’s totally correct ... I get a flag.” Twitter sometimes flags politicians’ tweets that contain falsehoods, a step short of removing the tweet or suspending the account. Shortly after the congressional session convened, a mob broke into the Capitol, halting the electoral process. Pence was escorted from the Senate chamber, and the building was locked down. Trump then tweeted that Pence “didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done.” Twitter first marked the tweet with a label: “This claim of election fraud is disputed, and this Tweet can’t be replied to, Retweeted, or liked due to a risk of violence.” It subsequently made the tweet unavailable, with a message saying, “This tweet is no longer available because it violated the Twitter Rules.” Trump also issued the tweet praising the Capitol rioters and the video message, both of which Twitter subsequently made unavailable. Article continues below this ad But angry Twitter users called on the company to suspend Trump’s account entirely for encouraging violence and protests in the Capitol. “You are a private company, not a government entity,” [one Twitter user wrote](https://twitter.com/pfhmarsden/status/1346928206117560320). “Someone calling for violence, hate, and sedition is outside the rules of your non-government-owned platform. SHUT HIM DOWN.” > Let me say in no uncertain terms [@jack](https://twitter.com/jack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@vijaya](https://twitter.com/vijaya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [@kayvz](https://twitter.com/kayvz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): If you do not suspend Donald Trump’s Twitter account for the next day at least, this mob attack on Congress is also on you. Sorry, but he has incited violence for days, using your tools in large part and you need to act now. > > — Kara Swisher (@karaswisher) [January 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1346909496598167555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > And Twitter needs to suspend Trump’s account. How is he allowed to keep fomenting this sedition? > > — roxane gay (@rgay) [January 6, 2021](https://twitter.com/rgay/status/1346910927111684096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Twitter’s choice to keep Trump’s account active has been a long-contested issue of the internet — despite hundreds of instances where the president has [tweeted fraudulent or misleading claims](https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database/) about the election, his political opponents, COVID-19 and so forth. Article continues below this ad But the company’s [World Leaders Policy](https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2019/worldleaders2019.html), published in October 2019, regulates tweets by political figures differently from its normal safety policies: “If a Tweet from a world leader does violate the Twitter Rules but there is a clear public interest value to keeping the Tweet on the service, we may place it behind a notice that provides context about the violation and allows people to click through should they wish to see the content,” the policy states. Chaos in D.C. Twitter said that no matter who is tweeting, actions that could lead to enforcement included “promotion of terrorism” and “clear and direct threats of violence against an individual.” Twitter added, “In other cases involving a world leader, we will err on the side of leaving the content up if there is a clear public interest in doing so.” Annie Vainshtein is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: [avainshtein@sfchronicle.com](mailto:avainshtein@sfchronicle.com) Twitter: [@annievain](https://twitter.com/annievain) Jan 6, 2021 \\|Updated Jan 7, 2021 4:48 p.m. ![Photo of Annie Vainshtein]() Reporter Annie is a reporter for the Chronicle who focuses on breaking news, crime and human-interest stories. She previously was a breaking news reporter and producer for the Chronicle’s Datebook section. She graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 2017 with a degree in journalism. During her time there, she spearheaded a culture column, produced radio pieces for NPR-affiliate station KCBX, and was a DJ and writer for KCPR, the campus radio station. Before joining the Chronicle, she was an associate producer at SFGATE and interned at VICE and Flood Magazine.
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